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: Creating a diamond outline I'm able to create a flat diamond will fills, but I'm having some difficulty getting just the outlines. I've tried using borders with inside position, but I end up

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I'm able to create a flat diamond will fills, but I'm having some difficulty getting just the outlines. I've tried using borders with inside position, but I end up with thicker strokes in certain areas. When I put them to center, I get these weird pointy corners.

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@Si6392903

Two things:

1) Make sure the triangles you created for the facets are fully closed paths (I re-created your diamond in about 60 seconds using the Polygon tool, creating 3-sided polygons and duplicating them). Meaning, make sure each facet is its own shape:



2) Then, when you add a stroke to each one (I used red to make it stand out more), make sure the "Corner" setting under "Stroke" is using the "Round Join" setting:

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